Short term respiratory health effects of ambient air pollution : results of the APHEA project in Paris.

The APHEA project. Short term effects of air pollution on health : a European approach using epidemiological time series data. , JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, vol. 50, Suppl., 1996, page S42-S46, 23 réf., ISSN 0143-005X, GBR

An increase in the concentration of PM13 of 100 mug/m3 above its 5th centile value increased the risk of respiratory death by 17%. PM13 and BS were also associated with hospital admissions due to all respiratory diseases (4.1% increased risk when the BS level exceeded its 5th centile value by 100 mug/m3).